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Article Highlights Maryland HVAC Program and SkillsUSA

Published: January 03, 2017

This story by reporter Jon Pitts is about a growing HVAC program at Delaney High School. The article ran Dec. 21, 2016 in The Baltimore Sun (daily readership of 177,000).

HVAC program at Delaney High introduces students to a thriving trade

Executive Director Tim Lawrence responds to Baltimore Sun article with a Letter to the Editor on Dec. 28: www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-vocational-education-letter-20161228-story.html

Help for Chapters Affected by Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the United States since the emergence of modern weather forecasting, bringing devastation across seven states from Thursday, Sept. 26 to Friday, Sept. 27.

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Apply Now for ACTE Trade and Industrial Education Division Teacher and Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), in partnership with SkillsUSA, is seeking nominations for the National Trade and Industrial Education Division Awards to be presented during the annual ACTE CareerTech VISION conference.

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